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Preparation of Professional Engineers Outside of the USA. What are the Education, Experience, and Exam Requirements?

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark William Killgore PE, D. WRE, American Society of Civil Engineers

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Civil Engineering

Section, governing board of the Environmental and Water Resources Institute (EWRI), vice chair of the International Activities Committee, EWRI Congress chair last year, and service on many other local and national committees. He has also been active in water resources and hydroelectric engineering association including AWRA, chairing the Waterpower Conference, and currently serves on the board of the Hydro Research Foundation. Prior to joining ASCE, Killgore spent three years at Puget Sound Energy in Washington as a hydro manager, where he oversaw such functions as major capital project development related to dam safety, water management, energy production studies, and strategic planning. He spent nearly 30 years as a

Conference Session

The New ABET CE Criteria - Program Development

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

M. Brett Borup, Brigham Young University; Jessica Hanson, Brigham Young University; Gabriel Smith, Brigham Young University

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Civil Engineering

be difficult to engage students at such different levels ofacademic experience all in the same class, but these data seem to show that this is not a largeconcern. These data do show there is room for improvement, however.The requirement to write papers, cited above, was implemented at the beginning of 2009 after anexamination of the department’s assessment plan. The first semester this requirement wasapplied, students required to write these papers gave the course an overall rating of 4.3,significantly lower than other students. When the individual student evaluation questions wereexamined to try to understand this, it was noted that these students believed only 30% of their

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Use of Technology in Civil Engineering Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tanya Kunberger, Florida Gulf Coast University; Kristine R. Csavina, Florida Gulf Coast University

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Civil Engineering

with using the software, creating the videos tookapproximately 30 minutes to complete and averaged between 5 – 7 minutes in length.Assessment of student access and performance indicates that the students utilized the videos,appreciated the additional learning tool, and saw a trend in improved exam scores. Theinstructors will continue to create these videos for additional worksheet and possible homeworksolutions and plan to expand the assessment from both a qualitative and quantitative standpoint.References1 O’Neill, Geiger, Csavina, and Orndoff, “Making Statics Dynamic! Combining Lecture and Laboratory into anInterdisciplinary, Problem-Based, Active Learning Environment,” 2007 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition,Honolulu, Hawaii, June

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Civil Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Rabb, United States Military Academy; John Rogers, United States Military Academy

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Civil Engineering

civil engineers’ role in planning, designing, building,operating and maintaining the nation’s infrastructure. Students will use computer modeling andsimulation tools to design, build and test a truss bridge. Students will also design and build abridge out of K-nex components, and load the bridge to failure in a competition. Surveyedparticipants overwhelmingly praise the hands-on learning.IntroductionAccording to the 2006 Program for International Student Assessment (PISA), 15-year-old U.S.students ranked at the bottom third for both mathematics and science compared to all othercountries that participated.1 The U.S. has seemingly fallen behind other developed countries, ineducating the students to succeed in the math and science curriculum. Many

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Civil Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sinead MacNamara; Clare Olsen; Laura Steinberg, Syracuse University; Samuel Clemence, Syracuse University

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Civil Engineering

evaluation plan over successiveyears to develop a model for trans-disciplinary design courses at SU and beyond.AcknowledgementsThis work was carried out with the support of NSF 08-610- Innovations in Page 15.746.10Engineering Education, Curriculum, and Infrastructure (IEECI) Award EEC-0935168,and the support of the Syracuse University School of Architecture and the L. C. SmithCollege of Engineering and Computer Science at Syracuse University.BibliographyAtman, C. J. Adams, R. S. Cardella, M. E. Turns, J. Mosborg, S. Saleem, J. 2007 Engineering DesignProcesses: A Comparison of Students and Expert Practitioners. Journal of Engineering Education, 96(4)pg

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Enhancing CE Learning Through Use of Technology

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohammad Alhassan, Indiana University Purdue University, Fort Wayne; James Welch, Indiana-Purdue University Fort Wayne (IPFW)

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Civil Engineering

objectives. These objectives are: - To apply knowledge learned in other courses. - To enhance the thought and planning process - To expose students to a team design and implementation similar to that encountered in industry - To improve the written and oral communication skills of the students.The proposed design of the bridge, as determined by a decision matrix designed by the students,was a parabolic arch that had its arched members angled into the centerline of the walkway as isshown in Figure 9. Although the basics of SAP2000 were previously understood by the students, Page 15.717.9this basic knowledge only served as issuing the

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Learning by Doing

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jorge Tito-Izquierdo, University of Houston, Downtown; Alberto Gomez-Rivas, University of Houston, Downtown

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Civil Engineering

, as well as the estimating of the dead load of thesuperstructure. The take-off is done using a spreadsheet prepared by the students andconsidering the weight of the steel sections indicated in the literature or commercial catalogs.A typical take-off is shown in Figure 3. The estimated dead load of the superstructure is 502kips. Considering a plan area center to center of the trusses and the total length of the bridge(10’10” x 305’0”) the weight per square foot is 152 lb. The estimated cost of materials is about Page 15.1108.4$661,000 based on the prices of the year 2008 in Houston, TX. Figure 2a. Student CAD drawings of the

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Civil Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James L. Hanson PE, California Polytechnic State University

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Civil Engineering

various phases of project to assure steady progress throughoutthe term on the projects.3) Provide template for manuscripts that requires students to produce a document of a highlyspecific configuration.4) Distribute the final papers to promote cross-pollination of ideas and allow content to beincluded as part of course content (e.g., final examination). In addition, provide opportunity forstudents to present their work as an oral presentation. These together promote students teachingstudents. Watch for errors in presentations and/or papers and delicately highlight such errors tothe class.5) Plan on increased grading time earlier in the term (paper drafts) as compared to conventionalend of term projects, increased administrative tasks related to

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Activities and Assessment for “Awkward ABET Outcomes”

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Norb Delatte P.E., Cleveland State University

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Civil Engineering

facilities.Cleveland has a number of historic bridges crossing the Cuyahoga River downtown. One of theprojects reviewed the design and construction of two important bridges, using resources from theCleveland Memory Project13 including an eBook Bridges of Metropolitan Cleveland 14. Theseresources provided structural plans and construction records.The course covered Carnegie, steel, and metallurgical engineering2. Another student projectfocused on the role of Cleveland in transporting iron ore and in manufacturing steel, as well assome key local structures that made extensive use of steel. The environmental impacts of steelmanufacturing were also discussed.One project looked at the societal and environmental costs and benefits of dams, includingeffects on

Conference Session

The Civil Engineering Technologist and the Civil Engineer – What’s the Difference?

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas A. Lenox, Dist.M.ASCE, American Society of Civil Engineers; James J O'Brien Jr., American Society of Civil Engineers

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Civil Engineering

and/or construction layout; o apply fundamental computational methods and elementary analytical techniques in sub- disciplines related to civil engineering. o plan and prepare documents appropriate for design and construction; o perform economic analyses and cost estimates related to design, construction, operations and maintenance of systems associated with civil engineering; o select appropriate engineering materials and practices, and

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Tech Tools and Tips

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Gustavo O. Maldonado, Georgia Southern University; Shahnam Navaee, Georgia Southern University; Marcel Maghiar, Georgia Southern University

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Civil Engineering

-house protocols, developed by former students and the instructor, are also madeavailable to all students to further aid them in completing their assigned projects. Furthermore, asneeded, students are encouraged to explore and locate additional pertinent materials on theInternet, such as YouTube videos explaining the use of various software functions. (a ) (b) Figure1. Leica’s Visual Alignment Registration (plan-view alignment) - Stadium Project. (a) Unaligned neighboring scans, (b) Aligned neighboring scans.Assigned Service-Learning Projects and TasksAssigned projects in this course could involve modeling of small or large areas during the fifteenweeks of

Conference Session

Development Around Diversity

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Rebekah Oulton P.E., California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo ; Tessa Gail Gallagher, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo ; Claire Katherine Anovick, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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Diversity

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Civil Engineering

engineering undergraduate at the California Polytechnic State Uni- versity, San Luis Obispo. She is involved in a group of students working to increase social justice focus in the school’s Civil and Environmental Engineering Department. This has lead to her current research on the topic. She is also involved with the Society of Environmental Engineers on campus as the Vice President. Outside of school, she works for the Central Coast Water Board as a student assistant. Tessa is planning on staying at Cal Poly for their master’s program where she will continue to research the effects of integrating greater focus on social justice awareness into engineering curriculum.Ms. Claire Katherine Anovick, California Polytechnic State

Conference Session

Mechanics, Music, Meaning, and Mohr

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jakob C Bruhl P.E., U.S. Military Academy; James Ledlie Klosky, U.S. Military Academy; Joseph P. Hanus, U.S. Military Academy

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Civil Engineering

Conference Session

Making Professionals: Methods to Build Success Skills

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jakob C. Bruhl, United States Military Academy; James Ledlie Klosky P.E., United States Military Academy

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Civil Engineering

ways that the leadership of an organizationcan create a diverse cast and set the stage for creativity and innovation to occur before describingnine specific actions that leadership should take. Several of these relate to building a communitythat values, encourages, and celebrates creativity. To be clear: this is a cultural necessity thatmust be fostered by the organization’s leadership.Too often, our programs hold up one-offs as a sign of programmatic achievement, a sort of “lookwhat that kid did!”, but these achievements are singular and were often completed asindependent study or extracurricular activities rather than as part of a broad plan for all students.By building a creative community, we suggest that all student efforts are

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Influencing the Next (Third!) Edition of the Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge for the 21st Century

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth J. Fridley, University of Alabama; W. Edward Back, University of Alabama; Derek G. Williamson, University of Alabama

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Civil Engineering

settlement; seepage/flow nets; slope stability (e.g., fills, embankments, cuts, dams); soil stabilization (e.g., chemical additives, geosynthetics); drainage systems; erosion control Geometric design of streets and highways; geometric design of intersections; pavement system design (e.g., thickness, subgrade,Transportation 8 – 12 drainage, rehabilitation); traffic safety; traffic capacity; traffic flowEngineering theory; traffic control devices; transportation planning (e.g., travel forecast modeling

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Civil Engineering Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald W. Welch, The Citadel

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Diversity

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Civil Engineering

mathematics and science lesson plans to complete the learning circle by tyingmathematics/science problems to their experiences. Many of these students decide to apply foracademic magnet middle schools focused on STEM based on the success of the 4th and 5th gradeintegrated lesson/field trip curriculum to The Citadel. Assessment of curriculum changes basedon the field trip, student reflective essays, and future attendance at middle and high schoolSTEM magnets will demonstrate the importance of collaboration between universities andelementary and middle school programs (especially STEM focused programs) on engagementwith STEM disciplines in the future.IntroductionEverywhere you read there are discussions about the importance to increase the number

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Key Educational & Professional Issues of Strategic Importance to the Civil Engineering Profession - and ASCE - Part 2

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Stephen J. Ressler P.E., Dist.M.ASCE, F.ASEE, U.S. Military Academy; Thomas A. Lenox , Dist.M.ASCE, F.ASEE, American Society of Civil Engineers

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Civil Engineering

committee to examine the feasibility of using aninternal credentialing system, rather than licensure, as the principal means of validatingfulfillment of the CEBOK [35]. In response, the task committee developed a concept forawarding specialty certification as a post-licensure credential to individual civil engineeringprofessionals who attain the undergraduate and post-graduate engineering education, mentoredexperience, and self-development outcomes specified in the CEBOK. Details of the taskcommittee’s proposal are provided in [34]. In July 2019, the ASCE Board responded favorablyto the task committee’s interim report and authorized them to finalize the proposal, including thedevelopment of business and implementation plans for the proposed

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Making Professionals: Methods to Build Success Skills

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Diversity

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Civil Engineering

Code of Ethics [19] requires engineers to“endeavor in good faith to include diverse perspectives, in the planning and performance of theirprofessional services.” Without respectful listening, an engineer will not be aware of thesediverse perspectives. The quality of understanding that is achieved during communication mayvary based on who is being listened to and how one perceives the importance of the other person[20,21]. This idea is acknowledged in IEEE’s Ethically Aligned Design [22]: “stakeholderengagement and deliberative processes can be effective when… more powerful actors participatewith an awareness of their own power and make a commitment to listen with humility, curiosity,and open-mindedness” (p. 84). Further, listening is the first

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Civil Engineering in the Classroom

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Luciana Barroso, Texas A&M University; James Morgan, Texas A&M University

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Civil Engineering

11.1046.16 ‚ Introduction of braces at each story ‚ Introduction of base isolation systemSystem and Loading Definition:A typical elevation and floor plan are shown in Figures 1 and 2 respectively. You are onlyinterested in the performance of the structure in the North-South direction.Member Sizes Columns: North/South Story Section I (in4) 1st W14x159 1900 2nd W14x132 1530 3rd W14x132

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Raise the Bar – Visions for the Future, Bodies of Knowledge, and Accreditation Vicissitudes.

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen J. Ressler PE, Engineering Encounters; Thomas A. Lenox , Dist.M.ASCE, F.ASEE, American Society of Civil Engineers

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Civil Engineering

thecommissions are “enabled and appointed by the Board.” ASCE was unconvinced by thisargument, because the issue at hand was about establishing policies and procedures, notconducting accreditation activities.At the meeting, ASCE’s Board members went forward with their two planned motions regardingapproval authority for the APPM, and both were approved. From ASCE’s perspective, thisdecision affirmed the Board’s sole responsibility for approving ABET policies and procedures.Program NamingWithout question, the most complex and controversial accreditation policy issue faced by theASCE task committee has been program naming. At the heart of this issue is paragraphII.E.4.c.(2) of the APPM: “If a program name implies specialization(s) for which ProgramCriteria

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Using Student Competitions to Enhance Learning

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chris Carroll, University of Louisiana, Lafayette

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Civil Engineering

areevaluated by some form of a final report. In the traditional civil engineering curriculum, undergraduate students take courses withboth lecture and laboratory formats. While the lecture courses provide the opportunity forstudents to absorb new information, the purpose of a laboratory is to expose students to thephysical problems associated with a course and reinforce course content. The traditional type oflaboratory has well-planned experiments, typically containing step-by-step guides leading thestudents through each experiment. Generally in groups of four or five, students in-turn conductthe experiment, regurgitate the results, and prepare a laboratory report, arguably fulfilling ABETstudent outcome (b) “an ability to design and conduct

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Fulfilling the CE BOK2 - Case Studies

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth McManis, University of Louisiana

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Civil Engineering

of engineering.” As reviewed in Outcome 3, the University of Louisiana’s core curriculum includes 9-hours of behavioral science electives; a history elective, an Industrial Economics and Finance course (CIVE 430), and a free elective from any of the behavioral science areas. The faculty is very confident that students completing the program will have significant appreciation for the importance of incorporating economic principles in design and planning. However, performance in other social science areas may vary for the same reasons given above under Outcome 3. The selection of history and social science elective courses, in general, are being reviewed with consideration for those which would provide a better appreciation for

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Supporting the Capstone Experience

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Kun Zhang P.E., California State University-Chico; Pablo K. Cornejo, California State University-Chico; Chris Fosen, California State University-Chico

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Civil Engineering

allowedstudents to reflect on experimentation and interpretation of results. Future work will explorecurriculum planning and design at the departmental level to continuously improve technicalwriting for civil engineering undergraduate students from their first-year courses to their seniorcapstone design projects.IntroductionCompetent technical writing is an essential communication skill for civil engineering students toimprove in undergraduate programs. Engineering students with strong technical writing skills arecompetitive in engineering job searches and career promotion [1]. Engineering educators haverecognized the importance of technical writing for decades and various approaches have beenimplemented to redesign the writing curriculum and improve

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Industry and Practice Topics

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Kristen L. Sanford P.E., Lafayette College; Philip J. Parker P.E., University of Wisconsin - Platteville; Matthew W. Roberts, Southern Utah University; Claudia Mara Dias Wilson, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology; Michael R. Penn, University of Wisconsin - Platteville; Rodolfo Valdes-Vasquez, Colorado State University; Frederick Paige, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Diversity

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Civil Engineering

37 Air Pollution 8 Ethics 2 Conservation 30 Cross Harbor Case 38 Energy/Food and 9 Written and Oral 21 Global Water Study Energy/Transportation Communication Nexuses 10 Financing 39 Water/Energy Nexus Infrastructure 11 Safety and Licensure 12 Infrastructure Planning 13 Risk and Resilience 17

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Industry and Practice Topics

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Secil Akinci-Ceylan, Iowa State University of Science and Technology; Yiqi Liang, Iowa State University of Science and Technology; Kristen Sara Cetin P.E., Michigan State University; Benjamin Ahn, Iowa State University of Science and Technology; Bora Cetin

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Civil Engineering

solution to acivil engineering-focused ill-structured problem over a 30-minute period. The ill-structuredproblem was developed by research team members, including faculty and graduate andundergraduate students following Jonassen’s [19] and [20] papers as a reference. The problemthat the participants were given was related to removing trash from a polluted river including thefollowing tasks: 1) an annotated drawing and description of the design of a solution, 2) a plan fortesting, 3) a list of materials needed, and 4) methodology for construction. We used concurrentverbal protocol analysis (i.e. participants thought out loud while solving the problem) todocument faculty’s problem solving process and ongoing cognitive activities [21

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Integrating Sustainability and Social Responsibility into the Curriculum

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeremiah Matthew Stache P.E., U.S. Military Academy; Joseph P Hanus P.E., U.S. Military Academy; Jennifer Gonser, U.S. Military Academy

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Civil Engineering

isunable to treat the anticipated sewage generated by the population, space might be an issuedepending on their site layout for vehicle parking and bed down areas, and the solid wastemanagement plan needs to be adjusted. The fall 2016 term (17-1) consisted of 54 students, wherethe project was completed in groups of 4-5 students. The project itself has three graded portions: 1. Executive Summary. The course instructor provides the groups with the project’s scenario, detailed submission requirements, and affords groups over two hours to reconnoiter the proposed site’s existing infrastructure. The groups compile a table quantitatively summarizing the capacity of each infrastructure system on site (i.e., water, wastewater, solid

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Writers, Experts, and the Workforce in Civil Engineering

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Chang P.E., University of Idaho, Moscow; Benjamin David Lutz, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Shane A. Brown P.E., Oregon State University

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Civil Engineering

Paper ID #26780Workforce Development Needs and Objectives of Today’s Transportation En-gineering ProfessionalDr. Kevin Chang P.E., University of Idaho, Moscow Kevin Chang, Ph.D., P.E., is an assistant professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at the Univer- sity of Idaho, where he is focusing on traffic operations and safety, transportation security, and engineering education. Prior to his current position, Kevin was a traffic engineer with the King County Department of Transportation where he managed the Traffic Management Center and supervised the implementation of neighborhood transportation plans, livable

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Civil Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Meg E. West, Ohio State University

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Civil Engineering

of the FE Exam. Those topics includegeometric design of streets and highways, geometric design of intersections, pavement systemdesign, traffic safety, traffic capacity, traffic flow theory, traffic control devices, andtransportation planning [16].In 2006, Turochy completed a study to determine the needs of the transportation engineeringprofession through surveying transportation engineers and comparing his results to the results ofa similar survey conducted in 1985 by Khisty [14]. In both surveys, the transportation engineerswere asked to score topics on a 1 to 5 scale, with 1 being a topic of the lowest priority and 5being a topic of the highest priority, and then ranked each topic based on their relativeimportance [22]. Between the two

Conference Session

Communication Across the Divisions I: Communication in Engineering Disciplines

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alyssa Catherine Taylor, University of Washington; Stephanie Pulford, Center for Engineering Learning and Teaching (CELT)

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Civil Engineering, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Washington St. Louis at 8. Using Peer Review to Improve Students’ Writing. Gayle Morris Sweetland Center for Writing, University of Michigan at 9. How to Plan And Guide In-Class Peer Review Activities. The Teaching Center, University of Washington St. Louis at 10. White, A. The Elements of Graphic Design. 224 (Allworth Press, 2011).11. Tufte, E. Beautiful Evidence. 213 (Graphics Press, 2006).  Page 26.1707.12Appendix 1: Rubric used to evaluate capstone report figures Scoring Question 1 2 3

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Implementing the Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge into Courses and Curricula

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Norb Delatte, Cleveland State University; Paul Bosela, Cleveland State University; Kevin Rens, University of Colorado-Denver; Kenneth Carper, Washington State University; Kevin Sutterer, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Civil Engineering

assessment will be fed back into future workshops.At present, workshops are planned for 2007 and 2008. Rubrics for scoring case analyses werediscussed in the 2006 workshop as part of the assessment module. The case study binder is also being developed as a book through ASCE Press, with ananticipated publication date of late 2007. The book will roughly follow the Table 1 outline, withadditional cases developed.Summary and Conclusions Engineering failures have had a substantial impact on practice. The study of failure casescan improve civil engineering education and make it easier to include discussion of professionalpractice issues (as mandated by ABET and the ASCE BOK). A considerable amount of failure case study information is